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From: bgodot@wixer.UUCP (Buck Godot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Pencom Systems (INQUIRY)
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Date: 3 Jun 91 23:41:52 GMT
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The following letter recently appeared in Sour Graoes Magazette, an
Austin, Texas publication.  It points some very barbed accusations at
Pencom.  It also includes an intimidating carbon copy list.

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John F. Akers, CEO
IBM
Old Orchard Rd.
Armonk, NY 10504

Dear Mr. Akers:
      I am writing this in order to warn you.  Pencom has deceived
IBM, the Austin Technology Incubator, and a number of other high-tech
companies.
      Two principal staff members of Pencom Systems, Inc. are
operating under dual identities.  Edward Taylor, a vice-president of
Pencom Systems, also goes by the name of Edward C. Ateyeh.  Thomas
Morgan, a manger (sic) of technical research for Pencom Systems, also
goes by the name of Thomas Pallister.
      There is also the matter of the possibility of insider trading. 
Pencom employs Clinton R. Tomlinson as a recruiter.  He is also a
securities dealer licensed with First American National Securities.

Sincerely,
Simon Templar

cc:
Jerry Carlson, Austin Site Manager
Jim P. Manzi, Lotus Development Corporation
Bruce Walker, Lotus Computing Corporation
Steven Jobs, NeXT Computer
Securities and Exchange Commission
Internal Revenue Service
Travis County Judge Bill Aleshire
Polemicist
Sour Grapes Magazette
Austin American-Statesman
Austin Chronicle
Dallas Morning News
The Houston Post
The New York Times
Barron's
Wall Street Journal
KTBC
KXAN
KVUE
Time
Newsweek
Business Week
Forbes
John Dvorak, PC Magazine
NeXTWorld

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Has anyone heard of these people or the securities company?  Does
anyone know how to prove or disprove these accusations?  Any
opinions?

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